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OFWs

By Rey Gamboa | January 13, 2016 - 9:00am

The impact of remittances by Filipinos living or working abroad, even if such inflows have been threatened or challenged in recent months, still cannot be discounted in helping chart the country’s sustained...

Business

A meaningful life

By Rey Gamboa | December 23, 2015 - 9:00am

Twelve paragraphs from the Pope this year to mark our celebration of Christmas – let’s read (it will take max of a half hour) and pass it on. They represent the essential virtues that we should cultivate...

Business

Better PESO, but more jobs needed

By Rey Gamboa | November 11, 2015 - 9:00am

While amendments to the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) law are expected to further institutionalize job-matching services in all local governments, and therefore ease the country’s joblessness profile,...

Business

Much ado about the wrong things

By Rey Gamboa | November 9, 2015 - 9:00am

When the World Bank reported the Philippines dropped by six notches in global ranking to 103rd place compared to 97th last year in terms of ease of doing business, there was much ado about the method used, or to...

Business

Desperate measures: ACEF’S last stand

By Rey Gamboa | October 26, 2015 - 10:00am

For nearly two decades, the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund has masqueraded as a rescue boat for Philippine agriculture in the face of the Asean economic integration move next year.

Business

Finding relevance in taxation

By Rey Gamboa | October 21, 2015 - 10:00am

Lowering income taxes – both personal and corporate – would always draw a cheer from the obvious beneficiaries; and the antagonists of this move – obviously, the government’s executive branch...

Business

Is Metro Manila traffic headache unsolvable?

By Rey Gamboa | August 19, 2015 - 10:00am

Vehicle coding is dead meat – not at all useful these days when you look at the traffic situation that Metro Manila has to contend with even before the sun rises and way past the midnight hour on many occ...

Business

Shaking off quake fears

By Rey Gamboa | July 29, 2015 - 10:00am

Disaster preparedness has become a big phrase for Filipinos, not just because of the reality of super typhoons and extreme floods, but also because of the threat of earthquakes with the Philippines located within...

Business

Tips to make the remainder of Lent more meaningful

By Rey Gamboa | April 1, 2015 - 10:00am

Here are a few tips that I came across, expanded with a few of my personal thoughts, and adapted to local conditions.

Business

Withering agriculture

By Rey Gamboa | March 17, 2015 - 12:00am

Much like a plant starved of adequate amounts of water, Philippine agriculture is showing signs of withering, and if no attention is immediately given at this point in time, it will surely stop growing and just...

Business